In February we celebrate 節分Setsubun also known as まめ まつり mame matsuri.
It is a time for getting rid of bad luck and
inviting good luck in.
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We said: おにはそと ！ふくはうち ！ Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi!
'Bad luck go away, good luck please come and stay !'
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We chased an oni on the oval and threw rice at it to scare it away.
Then we ate まめ mame [ roasted soybeans ] ... as many as our age,
for good luck.
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We had lots of fun making our own oni mask !
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We thought mame tasted like popcorn.
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It was very crunchy.
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We enjoyed 'Japanese for our taste buds'...!
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2014 is the Year of the うま uma [ Horse ].
We made an うま uma New Year's Day postcard
as our title page in our Japanese books.
We made うま uma to take home.
まめ まつり mame matsuri.
It is a time for getting rid of bad luck and
inviting good luck in.
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We said:
おにはそと ！ふくはうち ！
Oni wa soto!
Fuku wa uchi!
'Bad luck go away, good luck please come and stay !'
*
We chased an oni on the oval and threw rice at it to scare it away.
Then we ate まめ mame [ roasted soybeans ] ... as many as our age,
for good luck.
*
We had lots of fun making our own oni mask !
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*
*
We thought mame tasted like popcorn.
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It was very crunchy.
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We enjoyed 'Japanese for our taste buds'...!